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Parasailing [prod 14KT]
04:22
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Parasailing
I ain't never ever ever since the beginnin of ever/
Never ever ever felt this good befo’/
Man this California weather nothin better for me/
Got me writin strawberry letters like I’m Shuggie O/
I was hibernatin for a minute in the mitten then I had to come up out the dungeon like the Goodie Mo/
You thought I wasn't when I was finna pop up on ya like the Fountains of Bellagio you shoulda known/better
It feels good to escape the cold weather/
I can feel it down in my bone marrow/
The hawk was in the air like Dominique/
So I gotta flee take flight with drone propellers/
My home is everywhere, visit my turf/
Ask me what set I'm claimin, nigga the earth/
Footprints in the dirt, wings in the sky I'm floatin Ascension/
Over petty beefin and over divisions/
Anybody can have the juice like A-Rod then stray shots/
Can take you out the game like a coaches decision/
Never wrote this I lived it, God as my witness, prayer emoji/
This ain't a booth it's a stairway to holy/
See these rappers be rhymin words for the sake of rhymin words/
I'm givin you all some medicine to take when life occurs/
I do this for the sick, the shut in & the ailin/
I just be glidin on the mic it's like I'm parasailin
Parasailin
I don't really care what these niggas gotta say get these niggas out the way/
Cus God blessed this child it's a Billie holiday/
Don't compare me to them I was rappin before they touched a mic/
They darts ain't sharp enough they throwin them butter knifes/
Underhanded, they understand but they don't get it/
So when somethin happens, here comes the panicI'm just trying to make/
History, make millions and make my lady happy/
If I can do one or two of those I've upgraded vastly/
If ya ask me, so what's your happy place?/
Is it attainable? Something you can grab or taste?/
Where you headed? Don't let em decapitate/
Get to your goals by any means, gravitate.../
(Damn, I gotta think about what I just said myself)
Get to your goals by any means, gravitate/
We all pass away, so no excuses/
God gave me a gift so I'ma use it/
Styles upon styles upon styles it what I have/
Rest in peace Phife dawg still travelin on that path/
We all travelin, no matter how you get there/
By land sea or the sky, parasailin mid air
Parasailin
Parasailin through, time
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The Aforementioned
I make the anthem for the free thinkers
The believers and people tryina achieve freedom
Reach deeper, we gon make it to the kingdom
I promise
(I promise you that!)
You know I got my crown on erryday/
Wear it like a wedding ring send you on your marry way
Frere “J” Dormez Vous ok they’re awake
(Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up)
Bells ringin yo shit is finished like Helsinki
Catching L’s frequent the Lions the last 12 seasons
When hell freezes I'll call it quits until then
The beat goes on drummers drummin on the 12th evening
Long days, long nights my thoughts fight
All day car rides to palm mics
Hard floors slept on save loot
Bar tours, slept on, they snooze
They lose , home run, Babe Ruth
Brave dude, home run, I'm Hank too
I go left, left field, I'm out there
Protest, let’s kneel, this our prayer
Our Father, Our Father, Who Art in Heaven
Bless me to do this art, this art forever/
Our Father, Our Father, Our Father
Please bless me to go farther, we just startin
And you know me as the aforementioned
Tryina restore order in this rap orphanage
Tormented, wicked game with sore winners
I'm just tryina stay true to my core image
Whatever that is it's all about better balance
And trying ya best to be prepared when the weather happens
When it rains it snows
And sun drops sprinkle when the wind sways and blows
I feel sorry for whoever can't change & grow
I used to think that I would always stay the same get old
Then I changed up my aim with the arrows and bows
They never change like cartoon character clothes
Evolution, they say we need a evolution
I stay active to survive and y'all barely movin
When some sharks stop swimmin they might stop breathin
That's why I keep goin at it that's the top reason
Our Father, Our Father, Who Art in Heaven
Bless me to do this art, this art forever/
Our Father, Our Father, Our Father
Please bless me to go farther, we just startin
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Sob Story Song
My brothers don't know each other, we barely know our sister
We don't even got no family pictures
We try to love each other from a distance, but it's hard to think something’s missin
Without typical sibling experiences from the beginning
But tell me this though, what is typical?
Momma raised me and my brother like a African ritual
Like Rafiki raised Simba in the openin scene
Like Kunta raised up Kizzy both hands holdin his queen
To the sky, my family ain’t the photoshop stock image
But we got the job finished when we clocked in and out
Momma ran the show like coach Popovich
Big brother was Tim Duncan with my pops dippin out
I guess that makes me young Kawhi then
The nice kid deadly but silent
No commercial endorsements but I'm worth your endorsement
Tryina carry the load, like I'm workin a forklift
You see the vision
This ain’t a sob story song
This ain’t a sob story song
This ain’t a sob story song
Just tellin you what’s goin on
My best friends used to pick on me because my skin is dark
Said you could only see my eyes teeth when I was in the dark
They called me African, like that was a bad thing
How was that considered an insult? I'm just askin
The crazy thing is, the crazy thing is
The same shit is goin on today with these kids
I said the crazy thing is, the crazy thing is,
The same shit is goin on today with these kids I see it
This ain’t a sob story song
Naw this ain’t a sob story song
This ain’t a sob story song
Naw just tellin you what’s goin on
Please don’t cry, don’t shed no tears
Love me now cus we still here
Please don’t cry for me
Please don’t cry for me
When TBT on Instagram come up
I can't even post no pictures of my family up
I don't even think my family owned a camera
But I know the one thing that we had was love
Black love, tough love, one love
When you love someone it's hard to unlove
The word love, what does it mean?
To different people it means different things
Some people got a funny way of showing love
Sometimes I think my people don't show enough
Then I remember we only show what's been shown to us
Slavery, Jim Crowin us and the war on drugs
So when I work with these young folk I try to show em something else
Even though it probably ain't enough to help
It's like a drop in a bucket a bucket in the Pacific
I try to toss em a nugget I'm lucky if someone gets it
Please don’t cry, don’t shed no tears
Love me now cause we still here
Please don’t cry for me
Please don’t cry for me
Please don’t cry, don’t shed no tears
Love me now cause we still here
Please don’t cry for me
Please don’t cry for me
Please don’t cry, don’t shed no tears
Love me now cause we still here
Please don’t cry for me
Please don’t cry for me
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Koool-Aid [prod Slot-A]
02:56
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Koool-Aid
When I was little momma always made Kool-Aid
She went heavy on the sugar it was too great
I could do the red, or I could do grape
She throw some lemons in it hip hip hooray
But nowadays, Kool-Aid ain't a part of my diet
Shit juice is bad enough but when I'm shoppin I buy it
Can't even trust the water, can you tell me what's in it?
I'm only a couple minutes around the way from where Flint is
They putting us in the clinics, sending us to the dentist
Or maybe I'm out my mind just a conspiracy theorist
All of it’s smoke and mirrors, just my imagination
Gimme one more prescription and gimme that vaccination
Who you worshippin? Who you purchasin?
Once the curtain lifts, the verdicts in
Feel the Bern it's lit, the Hillary dab
But who gon stop the police from killing my ass?
Another unarmed black man buried today
Red, white and blue the Amerikoolaid/
Another unarmed black man buried today
Red, white and blue that Amerikoolaid
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
She drop a selfie every now and then like rappers drop mixtapes
To let em know she still got it, she still poppin
Everybody and they mom and daddy wanna bang
Drum solo like Phil Collins until the cops come
Knockin, she still got em, options
But the topic is not about her bod pics
Just because she post a couple pictures on the gram
Doesn't mean she searchin for attention from man
And even if she was, who gives a damn?
Why you gotta comment like ya name was Jim Nantz or Jeff Van
Gundy, why people so ugly?
You need to keep it pushin go learn somethin on Buzzfeed
Who told you we care about what you think about
This woman's picture and if she got some cleavage peakin out? (SHUT UP)
Some of y'all be talkin so reckless
You musta been sippin that Kool-Aid since breakfast
Step away from desktop, put the mouse down
Go for a walk, get up outta the house now
You can change homie, it ain't too late
But put the cup down first and
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid
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Defamation of Character
Stones and sticks we known to shift the culture
Golden Ticket the flow is Willy Wonka
OCD Obsessive Compulsive
I, flow too clean the test diagnosis
They suggest a higher dosage
But drugs can’t cure me
I admitted to my sickness
Before the judge and the jury
Mad Man on my Don Draper
But I’m still a class act Megatron 8-1
Lebanon Beirut, civil war in my mental core
Fighting against myself I look in the mirror torn
They said I was a bright child brain LED
Now they tryina put my lights out and leave a shell of me
I hung around the right crowd no gang felonies
Still Amerikkka’s Most Wanted O’Shea LP
Aww they tryina claim I’m a criminal
That’s defamation of character
Straight to my face or subliminal
That’s defamation of character
My personality it might just split
I’m in between a rock a righteousness
My personality it might just split
I’m in between a rock a righteousness
This is yo brain on cocaine songs
But my niggas please hang on just hang on
I’m in the kitchen like Raekwon chef apron
Over the stove with the flame on Wolfgang sauce
Champion sound your ambient style
Way too many flows I’ma start handin em down
Goodwill, Till Emmett gets real justice
I’m still bustin through bicuspids to feel somethin
People shoot to kill huntin, automatic weapons like smartphones
In every household like Big Pharm Cos
Drug industry, gun industry hey
It’s all the same they love killin me they call it free publicity
I can see why some people flip out
Now you see why wanna dip out, we manic
Panic leads frenzy, and in return the frenzy leads to panic
I might move to Canada if not I might just leave the planet
Aww they tryina claim I’m a criminal
That’s defamation of character
Straight to my face or subliminal
That’s defamation of character
My personality it might just split
I’m in between a rock a righteousness
My personality it might just split
I’m in between a rock a righteousness
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7. |
Demons [prod 14KT]
03:18
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Demons
He ain’t wanna face those demons
He ain’t wanna face those demons
She ain't wanna face those demons
She ain't wanna face those demons
She ain’t wanna face those demons
But that's the only way you can erase those demons
A baby on the way
Can chase ya dreams away
Ya faith can run astray
You can't make them wanna stay
Lookin past the blessin
It’s right there in ya face
It's hard to learn a lesson
When ya past still effects the present day
He ain't wanna face those demons
He ain't wanna face those demons
He ain't wanna face those demons
But that's the only way you can erase those demons
She ain't wanna face those demons
She ain't wanna face those demons
She ain’t wanna face those demons
But that's the only way you can erase those demons
Focus on the truth
Focus on you
You can't escape the haters
Cus they swarm like locusts on a fruit
No I ain't no doctor
No I ain't no saint
Yea I got some problems
And some demons in my way
Highs, lows
Times when I fight with both
Cons, pros
Nights when the light don't glow
I, still manage, I'm still standin
Like the Silverdome even though it's abandoned
Can't lie to myself and think I ain't damaged
I'm open minded I might need my head examined
No know where I'm goin
Only took whole bunch of
Slow motion roller coaster rides around the sun solar
I was frozen the moment like a cold hearted snow queen
Stole my soul left me wide open like a blown coverage
Hole in my colon, I was broken, at my lowest
Like the Gulf of Mexico was just, posted on my shoulders
Just know, I represented from the Go’ like the Molemen
The Last Dragon glowing like Shonuff's opponent
I guess I gotta face those demons
I guess I gotta face those demons
He ain't wanna face those demons
Cause that's the only way I can erase those demons
I guess I gotta face those demons
I guess I gotta face those demons
I guess I gotta face those demons
Cause that's the only way I can erase those demons
No fear, no more
No fear, no more
No fear, no more
No fear, no more
No fear, no more
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8. |
Lucid [prod Unjust]
03:11
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Lucid
Love me
The same way, that I love you?
I know,
That seems, so uncool
But don't take it personal
I bet she bust it open for me if I ask her to
And I bet it's so juicy like a passion fruit
I say thank you, I show gratitude
Shoot a movie for me she the whole cast and crew
But then I woke up
From a dream I was havin
Reminiscent of that early B.I.G. life status juicy
It was lucid it seemed like it happened
I was off the Pinot Grigio and quinoa salad, aye
I'm tryina eat better, and sleep better,
She dream of me and get her bed sheets wet up
But it's all just fantasy, league
She ain't really on my team it's just virtual reality
Why don't you,
Love me,
The same way, that I love you?
I know,
That seems,
So uncool
But don't take it personal
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9. |
Messages [prod Slot-A]
04:17
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Messages
Sometimes words get in the way
Like semis merging in ya lane
Skrrtin, hydroplanin, swervin in the rain
I’m askin what’s my purpose anyway?
Communication what’s goin on? What topic is trending?
Avoiding the voice in my head like the cops in the trenches
I’m sick as hospital visits without doctor prescriptions
I need to find realignment like a chakra was missing
Hello hello hello
Hello hello hello
iMessages, you messages
Green messages, blue messages
Old messages, new messages
Mixed messages, 2 messages
Direct Messages, hidden messages
Verbal messages, written messages
Delete the messages, keep the messages
Mixed messages, a few messages
I be on this phone too much
Headaches and my eyes be hurtin, carpal tunnel
Arthritis, plus my back be hurtin
Why am I so attached? Awkward silence
Ain't shit on this phone but I can't leave it alone
I flip from app to app, back to back
Refresh, refresh, mentally I need a
Reset, recess, I need to reassess
Get my priorities in order
It’s scary borderline Rick and Morty with the horror
First thing in the morning reaching for it
The last thing that I see at night is that screen and light
I wonder how many beautiful thoughts I done lost
Time that, coulda been spent, lookin within or pushin a pen
But who am I kiddin, I’m writin in my phone now
I ain’t gon never put this phone down
Hello hello hello
Hello hello hello
It’s the way I stay connected to you
I’m dyin to get this message through
It’s the way, I stay, connected to you
I’m dyin just to, get through!
iMessages, you messages
Green messages, blue messages
Old messages, new messages
Mixed messages, 2 messages
Direct Messages, hidden messages
Verbal messages, written messages
Delete the messages, keep the messages
Mixed messages, a few messages
AAAHHH! Somebody take this from me
Somebody break it
How come whenever I’m without I feel naked?
Hello hello hello
I be on this phone too much
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Trying To Get That
Yea yea yea
Yea yea yea
Get it how you live
Get it how you live
Get it how you live
Yea yea yea
Get it how you live
Get it how you live
Get it how you live
Yea yea yea
Bottled up emotions, free em
At the bottom of the ocean, freedom
Tears get washed up
So how we supposed to notice weepin?
I guess I can’t blame you
For being so hateful
Weighed so heavy on me
I had to hit the weight room
Season after season I been bleedin
Like the hands and feet of Jesus
Leaking like a hemo-phili-ac
Trying to get that
Trying to get that
Trying to get that
Trying to forget that shame
Trying to forget her pain
I’m trying to forget mines too
I feel it every time I move
Like a gunshot wound when it rains
Runnin through my mind like a bad D-line
It’s somethin bout her eyes that attracts me
It’s like the sun don’t shine when she’s absent I’m blind
And a part of me dies yea it’s that deep, it’s like I got her
Tattooed on my like I’m Guy Pierce in Momento
I never meant to make you cry tears in your pillow
The hard times rough feelin Brillo
Scrub the dirt, the love, the hurt, it’s all sentimental
Value like heirlooms
And if I’m not ok I’ma be there soon
Way too many details to spare you
I share some and hope I grow like a flower that’s outta season rare bloom
Yea yea yea
Yea yea yea
Get it how you live
Get it how you live
Get it how you live
Bottled up emotions, free em
At the bottom of the ocean, freedom
Tears get washed up
So how we supposed to notice weepin?
I guess I can’t blame you
For being so hateful
Weighed so heavy on me
I had to hit the weight room
Season after season I been
Bleedin like the hands and feet of
Jesus leakin like a hemophiliac
Trying to get that
Trying to get that
Trying to get that
Love, Money, Sex, Drug, House, Car
Trying to get that
Freedom, Job, Wealth, Chain, Brain, Knowledge
Trying to get that
Love, Money, Sex, Drug, House, Car
I been on the grind
Just tryina get it right
Niggas out here flippin sides
Like I shut the blinds
Shuttin off yo shine
Now I’m wantin mine
No more eatin off of me
No more dinnertime
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Neutron Star
So this is how it feels to be a falling star
A falling star
A falling star
A falling star
Well I’ma fall forever
And never land
Let’s enjoy this ride forever
Forever and, what's longer than forever?
What's longer than forever?
What's stronger than together?
We all a part of this together
Singin in harmony together
We East 99 Eternal
Smokers gon ‘head and burn one
Yogis gon head and om
I ain't really either but I know 'em
And one thing I know, we can't do this shit on our own
Even when you grown
Hey I may not ever be a star one day
But I’m gon shine anyway
I’m gon shine everyday
I’m gon shine in ya face, shine in ya face
I still shine on, still shine on
I still shine on, still shine on
I still shine on, still shine on
I still shine on, still shine on
See way back when I was a neutron star
I always dreamed I would be super large
Momma used to tell me that I was a superstar
I knew I had king blood runnin through my arms
Way before Kendrick, way before Cole
I rocked that crown on my album, all gold
Homies used to tell me that I shoulda went gold
Shoulda went platinum, all around the globe
Guess I’ma shoulda been
I just never found the door to get my foot up in
Always felt like I was on the outside lookin in
When the teachers taught the lesson in success
I guess I musta skipped with Ferris Bueller playin hookie then
Ever since my rookie year they said I was the next one
I double excel no freshman
I guess it wasn’t in the cards like a birthday with no money
I'll settle for that slow money
Hey I may not ever be a star one day
But I’m gon shine anyway
I’m gon shine everyday
I’m gon shine in ya face, shine in ya face
I still shine on, still shine on
I still shine on, still shine on
I still shine on, still shine on
I still shine on, still shine on
We live, baby
Tonight I shine like a thousand emcees
We live, baby
Shine so bright like a thousand emcees
We live, baby
Tonight I shine like a thousand emcees
We live, baby
Shine so bright like a thousand emcees
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Time In Between Thoughts
Time in between thoughts
I’ma married ass man, still tryina carry rap plans
Still got the pen and pad in my hand
Time in between thoughts, is the time I cherish most
That’s when I’m fully present in the moment my awareness grows
That’s where the magic happens 24 karat flow
Flow, current, river, stream live on yo periscope
Time in between thoughts, is the time I cherish most
That’s when I’m fully present in the moment my awareness grows
That’s where the magic happens 24 karat flow
Flow, current, river, stream live on yo periscope
Millisecond, half a second, nanosecond (tick tock)
Be still & present no past or present forecast the weather (NO NO)
We only got right now
But it’s gon last forever
Let’s hope this moment feels like the greatest orgasm ever (WHOA WHOA)
I mighta dozed off but Im still awake
Thoughts running through my mind all night occupying that real estate
Searching for answers the Zillow way
Questions bout my own mental state
And they open-ended like a pillowcase
Who knows (I don’t know I don’t know)
I’m sharing inside stuff yea Willow Bay
Trick or the treat
Pick up the pieces
I feel Like a pit on a leash
Flick off the fleas
Of course I would much rather
Die on my feet
Than live on my knees
Bliss, what is the meanin
Yea what is the meanin of bliss?
The question is
Does it even exist?
Who are you in between thoughts?
Are you happy with yourself or do you seem lost?
Who are you in between thoughts?
Are you happy with yourself or do you seem off?
It’s those moments similar to meditation
No agenda just you and them breaths you takin
They say it takes you much higher than medication
They say, they say, they say, yea they say
They say alotta things, it all depends on which they you’re followin
Some are the opps to me, some mean a lot to me some wanna boost the economy
Some say change your mind
Some say that the mind changes naturally over time
Who are you in between thoughts?
Are you happy with yourself or do you seem lost?
Who are you in between thoughts?
Are you happy with yourself or do you seem off?
Time will tell, time will tell, time will tell
Time will tell, time will tell, time will tell
What you thinkin ‘bout? What you ‘bout to do?
Can you overpower somethin more powerful than you?
Do you think it’s hopeless and you don’t got the tools?
Are you followin the path that God got for you?
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